Asylumdown's 275 Tank build

[lastlight]

That's really bad man. I'd never fill that sorry. Stand needs to be level even with foam. Foam is not really for compensating for an overall unlevelness in a surface but more for imperfections in an overall level surface.

[asylumdown]

yah, I thought so too. I just got off the phone with the builder, they're halting the finishing and are going to try and fix the plywood in the morning. If they can't get it to flatten out by adding more bracing to the underside, the entire enclosure needs to be ripped out.

This would be where I wish we could swear in this forum.

[Magma]

be thankful you caught it now and not later when its enclosed and the tank cracks after you fill it....

[asylumdown]

Man this is gutting.

Hopefully we can fix it with a thin layer of self leveller or something. Literally the entire enclosure is at some point anchored to that piece of plywood.

What's worse, I now need to explain to my fiancé that my aquarium will be the reason for another week or two delay to us moving in to our already months late house.

[mseepman]

Eek...I feel your pain. Every step in my new house feels like I'm centering it around the tank and no-one seems to understand why except me. Things like this seem okay to builders but to us....no way! I'm glad you caught it now.

[Delphinus]

Egads!!!

You've already been given this advice but you'll hear it once more from me: under no circumstances can you fill that with water. Sorry man! But like said, a delay here of a couple days to a week is peanuts compared to what you'd be facing with a blown tank.

[Mrfish55]

Shoot some expanding foam underneath the foam board you already have on there, don't overdo it or it will lift the tank and don't use the low expansion window/ door foam as it dries soft, you want the one that dries stiff, you can stick a piece of rigid tube on the end of the nozzle so it can reach to the center, works great seen it done a number of times, make sure you level the tank before it sets.